"Mysterious Medicine" .. That's why Mehrez was ruled out against Liverpool!

Algerian star Riad Mehrez raised controversy after his absence from Manchester City's English Premier League trophy Sunday against Liverpool.

Mehrez was eager to play at Wembley, but his Spanish coach, Josep Guardiola, decided to pull him out after taking a medicine to treat an eye problem.

British media revealed that Citi's medical unit feared that the drug would affect the results of the doping investigation, to which the 28-year-old could be submitted. He therefore recommended that Mehrez be removed from the complete list of the team.

"Riad took medication, but in small quantities, but we do not know exactly what he took to test a doping drug," Guardiola said during the match.

"The doctors did not know what medicines he had received, so he did not participate, we could not take a risk, because the doctors did not see the drugs and they did not know exactly what it had happened, "he said.

Mahrez has just returned to Manchester City after winning the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

"Riad spoke to me after he became a hero and told him that he wanted to go back to Liverpool and I told him that he was more than welcome," Guardiola said. .